CHESSIE

CHESSIE

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  1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    :-) Cute answer, but we all know that the administrators would not know the first thing to do, even if you gave them the simplest task. They would be

  2. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Kalle, Since I have been retired for ten years and am nearly 80. I do not give a rat's patootie about what they might say about "me," now. I really did not care when I worked, as they did not have...

  3. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Alpha M, This does not surprise me. It disgusts me, but does not come as a surprise. I hope that these charlatans are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. While all these "perks" were being paid...

  4. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    appplewhitern, I agree. unless the newly graduated BSN has been a LPN, AD, Diploma grad, or even an astute, CNA and worked as such for several years before obtaining his/her BSN, he/she will need a...

  5. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Several years prior to my retirement, we had a fabulous director, she had her Master's and was working to become an NP. However, she defied the "gods" and would help the staff, as this was often...

  6. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Joanna, add to that, unless you are in upper management, you walk a fine line. In the 21 years that I worked on my unit we had no less than ten directors. The clinical leader, who would have made a...

  7. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, Banterings, this "do more with less" philosophy has been becoming worse over the years. I call this philosophy, the "Jack Welch way of doing business," and it started, in the hospital where I...

  8. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed BGBDMOM, and if a nurse is sued, probably because the the staffing was insufficient, she/he had better have his/her own liability insurance as the hospital will settle, and throw the nurse...

  9. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    No, JHARPER13, the "do more with less" is the Jack Welch way of running a corporation, and hospitals, like industry are corporations. The "do more with less" theory has been with us since the 1980s...

  10. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct, wingding, unless a person has been a LPN, diploma grad or AD grad prior to obtaining his/her BSN they come to the hospital with considerable knowledge in academics but with few...

  11. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently, those CEOs are not at all concerned about patient satisfaction, either. Without sufficient numbers of experienced nurses hospitals will receive reports of very poor patient satisfaction....

  12. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    CHESSIE replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    This is tragic for patients as well as the experienced, competent nurses. Hospitals are poorly staffed, so poorly staffed that they are unsafely staffed. I saw this first hand when my husband was...

  13. Becoming a Working Nurse Mom

    CHESSIE replied to NatalieBridges's topic in General Nursing

    Heathermaizey, I really hope that your ex husband is supporting you and your son/s, now that he is successful in his own business. You helped him become a successful business man, and he certainly...

  14. Becoming a Working Nurse Mom

    CHESSIE replied to NatalieBridges's topic in General Nursing

    I am way older than you, as I am nearly 8o, but I did what you did, and stayed out of the workforce for over 15 years, I am an RN. Getting back into a hospital situation was difficult and I never did...

  15. nurse shortage

    CHESSIE replied to Rn_mady's topic in General Nursing

    The Baylor Plan is a start and a good one. However, respect is essential, and often there is little respect shown to nurses, not just by doctors but by hospital administration. It is ludicrous when a...

  16. A new pet peeve of mine

    CHESSIE replied to TracyB,RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I completely agree with you. I am now retired, but recall vividly trying to help a ward clerk decipher the illegible writing of some physicians, or do this myself on the evening shift when no clerk...

  17. Rules for People Who Complain About Our Pets:

    CHESSIE replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    WHY DIDN'T I HAVE THE BRAINS FORTY THREE YEARS AGO TO THINK AS YOU DO. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE OFTEN SAID, "WE SHOULD HAVE HAD CATS." WELL, WE DID HAVE TWO CATS, BUT WE ALSO HAD THREE GIRLS. THEY...